Kim, very likely your tables are in a bounded coordinate system, which means that you can't draw beyond the bounds of the table. You can check and set those bounds with a tool called CoordSysBounds.MBX that ships with MapInfo5.5. Good Luck, Andreas > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Proulx, Kim [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 27. Oktober 1999 13:27 > An: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Betreff: MI Lines out of control! > > I have had this problem on a couple of occasions now and I am hoping > someone can tell me what exactly is going on. I have a map with several > layers, the majority being from a .dwg file containing base mapping > recieved from an outside source and one layer which was digitized in > house and added to that .dwg file. When I try to edit and/or draw more > linework on any of these layers, my drawn linework "jumps" to another > area of the map and appears as a straight line even if I have drawn a > different shape or polygon. I have seen this before in other cases > where I have tried to copy existing linework to another table or to the > cosmetic layer. I suspect it has something to do with the coordinate > system, projection, or extent of the digitizing. I am able to draw on > the cosmetic layer okay but at times even this becomes finicky. Can > someone explain this so I may avoid it in the future? Right now my map > has been converted from the .dwg file in the projection non-earth > meters. Is this the problem? Thanks in advance. > > Kim Proulx, B.Sc., CET > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put > "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
